Fall 2026 Grow

InsideAz Time to get growing again, I’ve taken a 3-4 month break over the summer and feel focused on what I’m doing again. I’ll be changing the way I feed the plants, previously I used “organic” powder slow- release fertilizers. I’ll be changing to bi-weekly teas that are more focused towards the microbes and nutrient replenishing. Hoping to improve my knowledge about how microbes affect and run the show when it comes to living soil. Before it was what I would call “guess work”. This way I know exactly what is going into the plants and hopefully improve the smoke flavor. Only 4 plants this grow I want to maximize each plant without overcrowding the space. I’ll be paying close attention to the environment and KEEPING THE TENT CLOSED. First week went very well with environmental conditions. Germination: Paper towel in open ziplock bag 8/28-8/30 Week1: 8/31-9/6 Planted in soil 8/30 Soil mixture: FoxFarm Ocean forest Potting Soil (1.5cu bag) Fox Farm Happy Frog Potting Soul (2cu bag) Wiggle Worm Earth Worm Castings (5%-10% soil) All seeds popped out of soil by themselves within 2 days. No added fertilizers during the start this grow, FoxFarm soil should have plenty to get these seedlings going and then I will be top dressing with Gaia Green in a month unless I find more natural nutrients. Ultimately I would like to phase out fertilizers whether they be “organic” or not. The best/ most flavorful buds I’ve ever smoked were made from all natural nutrient sources. Environment is as described in notes and will be updated weekly. Dechlorinated water for 24-28 hours Ph between 6.5-6.8 ish using citric acid before watering Light is at 30%

InsideAz Week 2: 9/7-9/13 *GENERAL PLANT NOTES* It was a slow week in the visual growth department as the plants start spreading their roots throughout the soil. ——-The Pineapple UpsideDown Cake and Dante’s Inferno strains have had the slowest start with the shortest visual growth so far but they look a nice happy green color. Towards the end of the week they started catching up. ——-The Trop Cherry had some fast growth this week but started to look a lime green color towards the end of the week. As of 9/13 (picture day) it’s regaining some normal looking color. No tea this week, I figure it’s too early to try and feed. The plants are still working into the soil and have stems about as thick as toothpicks. I’ll take week 1 as a “germination” week in my mind since not much growth has changed and that’s realistically what’s happening under the soil..germination. That’ll probably push the veg cycle back a week, goal is 7 weeks total now. Next week I plant to start giving all natural organic teas on a 2 week regimen. It will be a gradual feeding regimen so I don’t overdo it because this is my first time using this method as their only source of food. Ingredients will be listed and easily attainable. In the future I hope to swap some of these ingredients for more locally sourced sources of nutrients or just make my own compost. These the results will also be documented, I need to check the ph of the runoff water throughout the week when the plants need heavier waterings. *ENVIRONMENT NOTES* Light still at 30% 52” above leaves Environment has been updated in notes/conditions Water every 2-3 days with dechlorinated tap water Ph to 6.5-6.8 before watering with citric acid. Just watering them enough to keep the soil wet, not much bottom drip. *VPD NOTES* Towards the end of this week I realized I was falling out of my vpd range. Even with the temp at 73f and 65%humidity the VPD was approaching .8 when the ideal range would be about .6-.65. Looking at my options, either changing temp or humidity I decided to up the humidity because only a 5% change in humidity would give me a .14 change in VPD which leaves the VPD at .65 in the tent.—(More power friendly option) Alternatively, I could’ve lowered the temp to 68f and kept the 65%humidity to achieve a .66 VPD—(not power efficient). Next weeks environment conditions will reflect this change if I can manage the humidity consistently through the week. *FINAL WEEK NOTES* No wonder the Pineapple UpsideDown Cake and Dante’s Inferno were having a slow week, with a VPD range closer to late veg than propagation/early veg I’m sure that’s stressing their cycle. Sure, root growth is happening but you can just tell one or two plants is stunted for a couple days. I’m looking forward to playing with the feeding regimen I have planned and testing the results. -Really going to be tweaking on the vpd this time

InsideAz Week 3: 9/14-9/20 Tea given on 9/20: *36-38hours max brew time* —4 Gallons Dechlorinated tap water —Wiggle worm Organic Worm castings- 4cups —Organic Unsulphured Blackstrap Molasses-2 tablespoons —Down To Earth Kelp meal- 4 tablespoons ish Ph was 7.2 before giving to plants—no citric acid used. I will be measuring the runoff water ph next week and adjusting the water ph if necessary *GENERAL PLANT NOTES* The plants did well this week, growing a few nodes taller and thickening up the main colas nice (: . I’m implementing some low stress training towards the end of this week with the hopes to strengthen those colas a little more before they get some more height. —Pineapple UpsideDown Cake is still a short but is keeping up with the node count. I think she’ll just be a shorty, definitely will take it easy on the low stress training to avoid stunting this plant in any way. Don’t want it to be too small in comparison to the rest of the grow later on. Also had the first set of “3-leaf nodes” grow with one fan leaf having 4 petals. Never seen this before but it happened on this plant and the Dante’s Inferno. —Dante’s Inferno is keeping up height wise and showing some farther node spacing, this is obviously just an early veg assumption but I like to keep track of these characteristics so I can catch environmental and growing needs for different genetic early on based on their behavior and see if that tracks as the plants get older ——Trop Cherry Og R1 is going growing fast! She got a bit more of an aggressive low stress training this week in comparison to the other plants. The lime green color from last week has faded into a healthier looking green. Maybe it found the nitrogen it needed haha. This strain says it’s a regular seed in the diary but its packaging says they are feminized. —— Sinmint cookies is looking just fine, not a lot of notes for this plant just waiting to see how she does. It’s my last Sinmint cookies seed, first harvest it was an amazing smoke and big producer. 2nd harvest messed it up and it hermaphed. Crossing my fingers for this last one. *ENVIRONMENT NOTES* Light increased to about 30% towards the end of the week. Roughly sitting 48-50” above the tops leaves. Forgot to gradually increase through the week. But I will next week, hoping to jump up to about 40% this week and close to 50% the following week Fans are still halfway up in the tent, trying not to cause any wind stress on these young plants. Environment has been updated in notes/conditions Water every 2-3 days with dechlorinated tap water Ph to 6.5-6.8 before watering with citric acid. Just watering them enough to keep the soil wet, not much bottom drip. *VPD NOTES* Got the vpd dialed in this week. Mostly holding 72f and 70%rh with slight variations. I’ll try to keep this pretty consistent throughout veg and allow the humidity to drop to about 65 at the lowest. *FINAL WEEK NOTES* Excited to see how the plants react to the tea given on 9/20. No other nutrients have been given except the natural stuff in the formfarm soil. The tea this week is intended to feed the plants for 2 weeks and they will be given another with similar but ingredients. Hope I can dial this way of feeding in and get the end result I’m looking for. Next week should be light work

InsideAz Week 4: 9/21-9/27 *Mistakes and plan in vpd notes* *GENERAL PLANT NOTES* Another nice week for the plants, they got low stress trained twice a bit more aggressive than last week and bounced back quickly. All plants doubled in size or more! —Pineapple UpsideDown Cake took well to the LST and surprised me towards the end with a height boost. Still not super tall but doesn’t look too short anymore. Nice happy green color —Dante’s Inferno is still doing its thing, I’d say this is the lowest node count in the tent at the moment. Not much showing on this plant for assumption, check back next week ——Trop Cherry Og R1 is still growing fast and strong. This week it looked a bit water logged-heavy fan leaves. And the color is a slightly lighter green than I’m comfortable with. We shall see how this next week goes. —— Sinmint cookies is looking good, developing more height this week. She’s a grower not a show-er *ENVIRONMENT NOTES* Light increased gradually throughout the week to 40%. Top leaves are roughly 45-48” below light. Going to continue the gradual increase to 50% by next week A couple rotating fans were dropped lower to add more airflow around the pots and blow the now more developed plants around lightly. The environment stayed pretty stable all week around 70-72f and 65-70%rh- EXCEPT AT NIGHT Some nights I’d notice the tent being 68f and 70-75% rh without the light on. I need to pay better attention to my humidifier setting for night time. They only got watered once this week with dechlorinated tap water ph 6.5 using citric acid. This is a problem see why in the Vpd Notes *VPD NOTES* A bit slow on the watering, only had to water once this week halfway through. The high humidity, low light intensity and lack of roots means that evaporation is just not happening in this tent. I’m tempted to run a higher temp (such as 75f) but would have to keep the humidity above 70% to maintain VPD, which is annoying to maintain that high of humidity. I’ll probably drop to 70f and 65rh next week. For now, I’m dropping the rotating fans lower to provide better airflow to the pots and topsoil. As well as watering less amounts next week. Im concerned about mold development soon if the soil isn’t drying out fast enough. Also, my humidifier is causing a buildup of minerals and whatever in the tent bc the water I’ve been using is not dechlorinated or distilled. I attached a photo of the carbon air filter cover before and after cleaning. This filter cover was used this week only (replaced one). If the filter that high in the tent can catch that much minerals and stuff, I wonder how much is being sprayed on the plants. MUST USE DECHLORINATED WATER FOR HUMIDIFIER. *FINAL WEEK NOTES* Vpd has been dialed during the day time but needs attention when the light is off. The unfortunate side effect of such a colder temp vpd is that there is very little evaporation which could lead to mold in the soil. More airflow was added and I’ll be lowering the humidity to 65% this week as well as increasing light intensity gradually. Tea next week (:

InsideAz Week 5: 9/28-10/4 End of week 5 Tea ingredients: *36 hours max brew time* with Aeration stones 4 gallons dechlorinated water Wiggle Organic Worm castings- 4 cups (in strainer bag) Wholesome Unsulphured Organic Blackstrap Molasses-2 tablespoons Down To Earth Alfalfa meal- 4 tablespoons (in strainer bag) *GENERAL PLANT NOTES* This week went by quick, and the girls seem happy enough. Fan leaves are bulking up and the main colas are putting on inches every few days. Some light LST and leaf tucking a couple times a week to encourage stronger branches while they grow in size. I was struggling with wind stress early this week, but seem to have it corrected by the end of the week. —Pineapple UpsideDown Cake is putting in some good size, still the shortest girl in the tent but strangely doesn’t have as thick of fan leaves. I would think thick fan leaves and short stature correlates with indica dominant plants but the leaves are skinnier compared to the other plants so who knows. Wind stress is still apparent and the end of this week this plant only. —Shown in picture —Dante’s Inferno is looking fire. Boasting some big fan leaves with darker hues in some spots, this was hard to capture in pictures but can be seen with the naked eye. It has some super tight node spacing and needs extra attention when it comes to light penetration so far. ——Trop Cherry Og R1 is ripping it upwards towards the light. Approximately 4-6” taller than all the other plants. My concerns with it are the droopy leaves and light green color still. It’s the only plant that droops that much all week. It could be under watered or just sucking hella nitrogen who knows. It’s still only week 5 so the 8 gallons of FoxFarm soil can’t be starved already. If you see something I don’t with this plant let me know please. —— Sinmint cookies is making a name for itself this week. 2nd tallest plant in the tent with acceptable node spacing. Leaf structure is looking tight and proper, the plant seems happy. Some darker hues in these leaves as well. Quickest to recover from the wind stress. *ENVIRONMENT NOTES* The lights were slightly slower than 40% at the end of last week so this week I gradually increased it to around 45%. It seemed a little fast of an increase but it did help increase evaporation and raise the temp. Top leaves are roughly 42-46” below light. Going to continue the gradual light increase to 50% by the end of week 6 Fans had to be raised and turned down this week because they were creating wind stress in all the plants. A rotating fan was placed on the floor to help air out the pots and lower canopy since the pots were staying wet almost all week previously. I usually create some sort of wind stress in early veg just trying to get the airflow right as they grow taller and more resilient. Not too worried about this and it’s been fixed this week. Environment was purposely fluctuated between 70f-76f and 55-65%rh. I wanted to create a couple hotter periods where humidity would be lower, more evaporation would happen, and the plants would need to soak up water from the soil. This kind of worked and I was able to water twice this week. The second watering was Sunday kind of a desperate need for water because I timed my tea a day too late. Essentially, they got watered twice this week but the tea will be given Monday (technically week 6) instead of end of Week 5. I’ll try to water carefully over the next two weeks and reel the tea date back into the schedule I’ve created. Watered twice this week with dechlorinated tap water ph 6.4-6.7 using citric acid *VPD NOTES* As stated in the Environmental notes the vpd was shifter towards a hotter and dry atmosphere at some points during the week. The baseline environment was 72f and 65% which is perfect. The higher temp times helped dry out the soil a bit faster and honestly the plants seemed more active because I think they had to work a little. Just a theory but this helped with my watering problem. Going to continue the 72f 65% baseline next week. At night it gets around 68f and I turn the humidity down so it doesn’t get above 60-65%. Still kind of high for my liking at night but it’s really up to me to religiously change the humidifier setting every morning and night -_- *FINAL WEEK NOTES* It was a good week, I used dechlorinated water for the humidifier but I’m still getting white buildup on some fans and the carbon air filter cover. I’m going to vacuum weekly to maintain this bc idk what to do. Vpd adjustments have been working just need to not water too much bc the root-soil ratio just isn’t there yet. Tea will be given on Monday at the start of week 6 instead of the end of this Week 5 since I was a day late on making it.